A flock of birds takes flight as the orbiter Columbia, with its drag
chute deployed, touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing
Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear
touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit
256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a
total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58
seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the
space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space
Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to
contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The
crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard
Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan,
D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency,
and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and
James Pawelczyk, Ph.D.
(Photo Release Date: 05/03/98
)

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